1. Oasis, The Importance of Being Idle
A hidden later-year Oasis gem. A fine Noel vocal & a pleasant surprise seeing Rhys Ifans in the video!

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I appreciate that Phillip always leaves thoughtful & thought-provoking comments on many community music sites. One recent question of his I’ve had on my mind: is there a band that’s gotten better with age? I’d say The Beatles definitely got more & more interesting as their career evolved!

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Oasis above The Rolling Stones? I think you might be in trouble with that one! Oasis used to be my guilty pleasure growing up, and I was just about to suggest this track until I saw it. I would like to add Steppenwolf’s “Born to be Wild” and The Runaways’ “You drive me wild”. I’m sure there are plenty more “wild” songs, but “idle” songs would be an interesting research in itself!

But did The Rolling Stones have Rhys Ifans in their video?!
Oasis wasn’t as consistent with later albums but when they hit the target, it tended to be a direct hit.
Growing up, I was always firmly on The Beatles side of the Beatles/Stones debate (the gap has started to narrow) and seeing as Oasis has been accused of being a ‘Beatles cover band’ – perhaps that’s why I’m such a fan!

Ah, now if you had a list of “Respectable actors in music videos” then music snobs (I do not include myself in that category, of course) would be more open to having rock gods beaten by more recent legends. Might I contribute Robert Downey Jr.in Elton John’s “I want love” in case you make that list, and I’m sure Christopher Walken in “Weapon of Choice” would be on it, if not no. 1.

I think the problem with Oasis started in their native country. A combination of the Gallagher sibling rivalry and Liam’s Manchester walk. However, it has to be argued that everyone tries to emulate The Beatles (even if they say they don’t) and Oasis actually were one of the few who were successful at it. Great tunes and lyrics, one of my favourites being “Is it my imagination, or have I finally found something worth living for?”

Maybe it’s just me, but I don’t give much weight to music rivalries, as they’re always media-sponsored. Now, if an artist takes them on personally (like McCartney took on Pete Townshend’s assertion of having the heaviest song, and recorded “Helter Skelter”) then it’s interesting. Lennon said the Stones are not in the same “class” as The Beatles. You could take that as a snobbish remark, or simply as the fact that they’re two different groups that are too different from each other who happened to be in the same place at the same time.

Yes, I did realise that I may have written you an entire blog post but I guess it won’t be too much of a shock to admit I have too many opinions!
I change my former opinion though. I watched that Oasis video, and a few others, and no.1’s well-deserved! Rhys Ifans was wonderful in it, and I love the last line of the chorus.

I don’t know if you remember this. MuchMusic asked viewers to submit video of their “wild party” for the Kim Mitchell music video. Anyway I didn’t submit but I did film a video for it. It was me running around with my guitar miming and making faces…still got it.

Haha, not to worry – I remember getting a question about Tom Cruise/Katie Holmes correct at a trivia challenge once, I was happy to get the team to points, but somewhat embarrassed the answer jumped to mind so quickly!